The Zanesville Police Department is doing ride-alongs with Zanesville City Schools for National School Bus Safety week.
Police Captain Tony Coury says the most common violations come from drivers passing school buses with their lights on while loading or unloading kids, and speeding in the 20 mph school zones. Coury says so far this week, everything is going well.
"We didn't see any violations." said Captain Coury. "We had two officers ride the school buses. We had...
School are all open and running and it's a good time to remind drivers to pay attention to the speed limit.
Zanesville City Schools opened up Monday. Zanesville Police Chief Eric Lambes said drivers need to slow down and be cautious.
"After three months of break the drivers aren't used to driving through school zones," said Lambes. "We need to be a little more cautious and get used to the traffic pattern changes and the pedestrian changes due to school...
The Ohio Department of Transportation says it wants to make school zones safer for students.
So, it is investing 11 million dollars that will fund 66 projects across the state. The money will be used to build new sidewalks, to replace crosswalk signs, to increase the law enforcement presence in school zones, and to teach students about roadway safety.
This is the largest investment ODOT has made, targeting school zones since 2004.
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